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Melanelaps mcpliersoni — McPherson's Coral Snake. 



Identification, — The anal entire, and the temporal touching only the 

 4th and 5th supralabials will isolate it from others of the group. 

 (For Fig. 14, see page 28 of this number .) 



Supplementary characters. — Pfcefrontals touch the internasal, 

 posterior nasal, prseocular, supraocular, and frontal. Temporals.—?). 

 The lowest largest, and touching the 4th and 5th supralabials. 

 Supralabials. — 6. Anterior sublinguals touch 3 or 4 infralabials. 

 Posterior sublinguals widely separated by many scales. Scales ante- 

 rior 26, midbody 25, posterior 21. Anal entire. Subcaudals entire. 



Distribution.- — The only specimen known was discovered by Captain 

 McPherson, I.M.S., at Dthala in the Aden Hinterland. 



Poison.— Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — The specimen is about 18 inches. 



Colour. — Uniform glistening black. 



Doliophis bivirgatus — The White-striped Coral Snake. 



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Fig. 15. — Doliophis bivirgatus (x 1). 

 Identification.— This and the next species agree in having only 6 

 supralabials, and the anal .shield entire, which characters serve to dis- 



